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A Server is used for playing with multiple people in the same world. Servers can be hosted by yourself, as well as by a server hosting company.
Servers officially only support up to 8 people as of A13, but some servers run upwards of 20-30 players. These servers also incur more playability issues though , because of the high number of players.

How to host a server

Serverconfig.xml

This is a table of the up-to-date Alpha 15 build 105 serverconfig.xml file that comes with 7 Days to Die.

Only change the data in the "value=" part of the file, otherwise it will not work.

Option

Values

Description

ServerPort

26900

Port you want the server to listen on.

ServerIsPublic

true

Should this server register to master server

ServerName

My Game Host

Whatever you want the name to be.

ServerPassword

Password to gain entry to the server

ServerMaxPlayerCount

8

Maximum Concurrent Players

ServerDescription

A 7 Days to Die server

Whatever you want the description to be.

ServerWebsiteURL

Website URL for the server

GameWorld

Navezgane

Navezgane, Random Gen

GameName

My Game

Whatever you want the game name to be THIS CONTROLS THE RANDOM GENERATION SEED

Keystones must be this many blocks apart (unless you are friends with the other player)

LandClaimExpiryTime

3

The number of days a player can be offline before their claims expire and are no longer protected

LandClaimDecayMode

0

Controls how offline players land claims decay. All claims have full protection for the first 24hrs. 0=Linear, 1=Exponential, 2=Full protection until claim is expired.

LandClaimOnlineDurabilityModifier

4

How much protected claim area block hardness is increased when a player is online. 0 means infinite (no damage will ever be taken). Default is 32x

LandClaimOfflineDurabilityModifier

4

How much protected claim area block hardness is increased when a player is offline. 0 means infinite (no damage will ever be taken). Default is 32x

AirDropFrequency

72

How often airdrop occur in game-hours

AirDropMarker

false

Sets if a marker is added to map/compass for air drops.

MaxSpawnedZombies

60

Making this number too large (more than about 80) may cause servers to run at poor framerates which will effect lag and play quality for clients.

MaxSpawnedAnimals

50

If your server has a large number of players you can increase this limit to add more wildlife. Animals don't consume as much CPU as zombies.

NOTE: That this doesn't cause more animals to spawn arbitrarily: The biome spawning system only spawns a certain number of animals in a given
area, but if you have lots of players that are all spread out then you may be hitting the limit and can increase it.

EACEnabled

true

Enables/Disables EasyAntiCheat

SaveGameFolder

absolute path

Use this to override the default save game path

To host a server just edit the startdedicated.bat file and the serverconfig.xml using notepad or notepad++. You shouldn't need to edit the startdedicated.bat. In the batch file you will see the following text:

startdedicated.bat

@echo off
rem
rem Starts a dedicated server
rem
rem -quit, -batchmode, -nographics: Unity commands
rem -configfile : Allows server settings to be set up in an xml config file. Use no path if in same dir or full path.
rem -dedicated : Has to be the last option to start the dedicated server.
echo|set /p="251570" > steam_appid.txt
start 7daystodie -quit -batchmode -nographics -configfile=serverconfig.xml -dedicated
echo Wait until game started
timeout 15
echo.
echo Connect to the service interface. use 'shutdown' to stop the server
echo.
if exist "Tools/bin/putty.exe" (
"Tools/bin/putty.exe" -raw localhost 8081
) else (
telnet localhost 8081
)
echo.
echo Server is running in background, you can close this window
echo.
pause

Port Forwarding

If you are behind a router, you will need to tell your router that an incoming connection is meant for your server. This is called forwarding a port. You will need to port forward ports 25000-25003(UDP) so that others may join.

Select your router version (if your version is not there, pick the one closest to your version.)

Select Minecraft (since 7 Days to Die is a new game it hasn't been added to the list of games/programs. Minecraft is pretty much the same except that you port forward 25000 to 25003 instead of 25565)

Follow the instructions on the site

If you have completed these steps correctly, your friends should now be able to join.

Finding your own IP

To find the IP which your friends need to use go to this Site. There you will find your External IP. Send it to your friends and they should be able to join if you have already finished Port Forwarding (steps above) your router.

Looking for servers

If you are looking for a server to play on, you can find one on the current top servers list for 7 Days To Die here 7daystodie-servers.com or use the server browser on your game client.

For computers on the same local network as the server you can connect to it by using its internal IP 127.0.0.1, simply enter this and the chosen port number into the two boxes at the bottom of the games server browser screen.

If 127.0.0.1 does not work try the IP address the server had assigned. Go to start, click run or search, type cmd. In the window that opens type ipconfig. You'll see a list of information. You're looking for IP address.

Renting a server

There are several companies/websites that allow you to rent a server from them. This rented server will reside in a datacenter and hosted by them.

These servers are mostly 24/7 servers. This is useful because you won't need to keep your computer running 24/7. You can rent servers to many different specifications, some may not be powerful enough to host a server. Generally, network connections at a datacenter far exceed what is available to residential ISPs, which will cut down on latency that you might experience hosting at home.

Managing a server

You can use the 7daystodie Server Manager by FrontRunnerTek (no longer updated as of A13) or CBSM(Cloud based server manager) which is the most current and used more now since FrontRunner stopped updating.

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